1. Make Room – The Comparison Trap and the need to see Jesus
2. Big Idea:  The world has someone in charge and it’s not you. It’s not me. It’s Jesus. Make room.
3. Read John 3:22-26
4. Highlights from John’s gospel, Chapters 1-3
1. Called his disciples 
2. Performed 1 miracle - water into wine
3. Met with Nicodemus to talk about the necessity of a new birth.
5. Conflict & Confusion

An argument developed between some of John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the matter of ceremonial washing.  John 3:25

1. Comparison

“Rabbi … look, he (Jesus) is baptizing, and everyone is going to him.”  John 3:26

1. Comparison always brings along a troublesome friend named envy.  
2. We compare our day to day 'reel' with others’ 'highlight reel.’  – Cal Jernigan
3. A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones.  Proverbs 14:30
4. Comparison eats away at our joy.  – John Mark Comer

1. Read John 3:27-30

To this John replied, “A person can receive only what is given them from heaven.  John 3:27 

1. Big Idea:  The world has someone in charge and it’s not you. It’s not me. It’s Jesus. Make room.
2. Read John 3:31-36

31 The one who comes from above is above all; the one who is from the earth belongs to the earth, and speaks as one from the earth. The one who comes from heaven is above all.  John 3:31

35 The Father loves the Son and has placed everything in his hands.  John 3:35

36 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on them.  John 3:36

1. John is not thinking of a single act, but a pattern of life. – Raymond Brown
2. Big Idea:  The world has someone in charge and it’s not you. It’s not me. It’s Jesus. Make room.